Coivibissied faucet and pump



SAMUEL WVIGKS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED FAUCET AND PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,535, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed March 16, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Wicks, of

Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Beer Faucet and Pump Gombined; and I do hereby declare that the follow ing is a full and complete description thereof.

The practical use of the above-named invention is for drawing beer from barrels and at the same time forcing air into the barrel to facilitate the discharge of its contents and to keep the contents of the barrel under pressure during the interval of draft.

The construction of the said invention and the operation of the same is set forth in the following specification, and'shown in the a11- nexed drawings, making a part of the same, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of the beer faucet and pump combined. Figs. 2, 3, and fare detached sections, to which reference will be made.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the faucet, and B the key thereof, to which is attached a handle, G, by which it is turned for opening and shutting the faucet, and for another use hereinafter described. 011 the side of the faucet is a pipe, D, the upper end of which terminates in a three-way cock, E, a sectional detached view of which is shown in Fig. 2, slightly enlarged. In said View F is the key of the cock, and provided with three ports, a, b, and c, which have a relative adaptation to the inlet-pipe D, outlet-pipe G, and to the induction-port H.

To the nozzle of the port II is attached one end of a flexible tube, I, whereas the opposite end is secured to a metal tube or pipe, J inserted in the side of the faucet to the bore thereof, to the end of which it passes and projects therefrom, as seen at J in Fig. 1. The pipe J is made tight in its connection with the faucet by a stuffing-box, K, through which it passes, and of which L is the gland. Said stuffing-box is of the. ordinary kind, and therefore need not be further described in this place.

To the lower end of the pipe D, above re ferred to, is attached a semi-orbicular shell, M, inclosing a portion of the upper half of a (No model.)

hollow flexible bulb, O. The lower part of the bulb is inclosed in like manner by a corresponding shell, P, supported in its connection with the bulb by an arm, Qan integral part of the handle 0 of the key of the faucet. The interior of the bulb O is in communication with the pipe D, and is provided with a valve, d, by which the said communication is opened and closed, for a purpose presently shown. The interior of the bulb is open to the atmosphere by a tube, It, provided with a valve, 0, Fig. 4, for opening and closing the tube, as presently described.

The operation of the faucet is substantially as follows: In order to insert the end S of the faucet in the head of a barrel, the pipe J is drawn in so far as to bring the end thereof just within the bore of the faucet, that it may not be in the way of entering the end S in the barrel, which is driven in by blows given on the end A of the faucet. The pipe J is then pushed out so far as to cause the end of it to pass up through the contents of the barrel and project above its surface. That liquor may be drawn from the barrel the three-way cock E is turned to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the port b is open to the pipe I), and the port 0 open to the port H. This position of the cock is made by the finger-piece F of the key by which it is turned. Now, on pulling the handle (1 in the direction of the arrow, the key Bwill open the faucet to allow the contents of the barrel to run therefrom through the nozzle B. During the said pulling of the handle the arm Q forces upward the shell 1?, thereby compressing the bulb O, causing the air therein to close the valve 6 and open the valve (1, so that the air may pass upward in the pipe D into the three-way cock, from which it passes into the flexible tube I, to the pipe J, by which the air is conveyed to the surface of the liquor in the barrel, and by the air thus forced or pumped therein liquor is forced from the barrel and discharged from the faucet at the nozzle 13, as aforementioned. Areverse movement of the handle 0 shuts the faucet and reverses the action of the arm Q, which allows the bulb to expand by the admission therein of air through the valve 0, while the valve (1 is closed by the expansion of the air pumped into the barrel. Again pulling the handle 0 in the direction of the arrow, air is forced or pumped into the barrel and the flow,

of liquor continued therefrom, and so on as long as the handle is worked, alternately opening and shutting the key of the faucet, and at the same time compressing and expanding the bulb O and operating the valves cl and e, as and for the purpose above said, thereby keeping the contents of the barrel constantly under pressure. Should air not be needed in the barrel, it can be shut off therefrom by the three-way cock by turning the key so as to bring the port a in conjunction with the outlet G, thereby causing the blank between the ports to cover the port H and bring the port a to the pipe D, thus allowing the air to pass directly through the key to the outletpipe G.

It is not essential that the shell P be used in connection with the bulb O, as it can be worked without it.- The two shells, however, are preferred. V p

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a combined beer-faucet and air-pump, in combination with the faucet A and pipe J, the bulbO, covered by one or more shells, valves d and 6, key B, and handle for operating the said bulb and key conjointly, and three-way cock, constructed substantially in the manner as described, and forthe purpose specified.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL Wicks.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, J. H. BURRIDGE. 

